The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-09-18

and the vigilance Of the whips. II 10 genuine
rest only to the happy brainless ones among
the Tories who, not needed to vote or shout In
the House. are now free to shout and spend
their time and Incomes Rayly until called back
70 their mechanical task again. The brsins of
all. parties enter upon work Of new kind.
The 1rfshmen have gone TO do good work In
Ireland. and many radical Englishmen 20 with
them. Gladstone Ia at Hawarden, cutting
trees. OF course. The tree cutting Ia reality,
and no legend, but no Ia doing other
work besides, and concorting plans which
1t 10 firmly believed will soon bring Black Rod
and all other dignitaries, including the Queen,
under his dominion, Heis believed also to DO
meditatfng short trip to Ireland though
that Ii only rumor It 10 now ten years, within
a lew weeks, since he was last there. and his
return atthis time to show Irishmen what their
grand old champion IL like would be Of the
greatest possible value. though Il would cali
down unlimited torrsnts Of Tory abuse
William II. Smith. leader Of the House. and
known TO members Of the press gallery and
other irrevercnt ones as Plain Billy Smith,"
has gone to rest his brain on Q cruise aboard
his yacht Pandora. It Is quite possibls that
By the timo he returns his oompanions In gov
ernmont may have consented to replace him.
In which case his wounded feelings would be
soothed with title and seat In tho House Of
Lords Lord Randolph Churchill, the political
weathe rcock. who seems 10 be moved Just now
by strong breeze Of Tory convictions. b con-
centratin8 his energies on speech which he
delivers before a Tory gathering ct Whitby.
Thore he may have the honor Of speaking to
James Russell Lowell who 10 still in that
neighborhood. Churchill will talk at Sunderland
and Bristol also. and It is understood he IL
going to treat tho Government kindly. Cham
berlain is to preface his trip to America with
speeches to OranRemen at Belfast and Cole
raine. and. in fact the whole kingdom is to re-
sound with speeches from newly liberated
members. Lord Harrington will probably be
the least industrious Of tho leaders. He may
make speech or two in his peculiarly thick
and uninterestinR fashion. but the tattered
Unionist dag will not be very strongly upheld
by his lordship. All this week he has been
busy In betting rings and paddocks At Dom
caster. and before long he will probably In.
duge his fondnees for o bout with the royal
striped beast at Monte Carlo. The noble Lord
would just suit the great German reformer
who thought appreciation Of women and wine
necessary to = genuine sample Of manhood.
and what IL more. he makes not the slightest
pretsnce to the contrary. frankness which
forms his best trait.
ireland since the Mitchelstown murders has
been quiet The investigation. still going ON.
confirms most completely the accounts Of
Dillon and Labouchere. which have cabled to
you. Bslfour IL placed In the position OF hav-
ing lied most uneQuivocally. though perhaps
unknowingly. and everything proves that the
fight began with the police. and that the dead
mon are victims Of . murderous desire to be
revenged for well-deserved drubbine. The
additional disgrace Of arrant cowardice is
plainly proven against the constables, who
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hind stone walls. William O'Brien. whose
fearless patriotism Is the best possible re-
buke to the pspels in America that affected
to speak lightly Of him. il now the idol Of all
good Irfshmen. He IL confined. while awaiting
his trial. In the Cork county jail, and passes
his time In readina In his narrow cell or In pac-
Ing the exercise yards under tho eyes Of the
warders. Parnells vigorous protest against
the abusive treatment Of Irish political pris-
oners seems to have had some effect, and am
glad to say that In spite Of Bslfours big words.
the prison authorities have not yet
dared to enforce upon Mr.. O'Bren the
mental and degraded work to which
| an ordinary. untried political prisoner Ia
liable In this land Of liberty. Interest
now centres upon O'Brien's trial. which is set
| down for Sept. 28. and which Is apt to be soon
followed BY that Of other Irish members. for
all are determined to disregard the procama-
ton Of the League and the provisions Of the
Coercion act In general. which Bslfour. god
father Of the act. has gone to Dublin to order
r1gidly enforced. Bslfour will not be present
to witness the effect OF his labors. but has ar
ranged with prsiseworthy precaution for q
lengthy vacation In the healthier atmosphere
OF Scotland. The Land League has been pre-
pairing to resist the coming attempts at whole
sale suppression. and Is ready at q moments
nnt{No N hlOaanuV n n tha National RaOia.
trstion League, under which name 1t will do
Just as good work as under the old.
There IL much talking and writing In Paris
and provincial France about the manifesto Of
Comte do Paris. but very little real importance
attaches to the pretenders literary effort.
Why the Comte should issue his manifesto
just now 1t is difficult to understand. His hope
Is In . national convulsion such as would be
brought about by disastrous war. Certain
writer's discover In the manifesto indication
OF such an event foreseen BY the Comte, but
theirs must be strong imaginations War has
not been less probable for many months than at
this time. and 1t Is almost universally believed
that the present state o! things will last at least
until spring. Only ardent friends OF the Or
leanists pretend to attach any Importance to
the document. The Radicals speak OF It as o
little composition Of an Indifferent pupil OF the
Jesuits. and moderate Republicans shrug their
shoulders. The manifesto may. however. by
withdrawing from the Rouvier Ministry the
Conservative support which has enabled It to
exist. bring about q fresh Ministerial crisis.
This result IL foreseen. and imaginary Minis
tries are already being built In profusion.
Most probable and strongest would be an alli-
ance OF moderate and extreme Republicspism
In the persons Of N. Freycinet and Clomen-
ceau. The latter having thrown over his
fayorita Gan BoulanRer would ba able To
agree with Freycinet upon some War Minister
whose appointment would not stir up German
susplcions. The creation OF q new Ministry
would DO certain to bring up the Boulanger
question afresh. and meanwhile that soldier
politician continues to excite public interest
quite as frantic. though necessarily on Q
smaller scale than when In Paris. He
Is now experimenting the maneuvres
OF the Seventeenth Army Corps. and
his movements are everywhere accom-
panied with enthusiastic demonstrations